Area Sports Headlines

There will be a public sendoff for the Worthington Trojan Gymnastics Team as they head for the Minnesota State Gymnastics Meet this weekend.

The sendoff is scheduled for this Thursday at the Worthington High School Gym from 10:40am until 11:05am.

The Minnesota State Gymnastics Meet will be held this Friday and Saturday at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion, There will be a fan bus heading up on Friday. The cost is 7 dollars per person and will be leaving the WHS Student Parking lot at 7:00am Friday morning. Sign-up for the fan bus at Worthington High School from...

It was a banner day for Worthington Trojan fans as the Trojan Wrestling and Gymnastics team both punched a ticket to State on Saturday.

The Worthington Trojan Wrestling team was in action on the Section 3AA Semi-Finals and Finals in Redwood Falls on Saturday. The Trojans opponent in the Semi-Finals was Quad County. The Trojans got out to a fast start at 106 pounds as Jacob Prunty gave the Trojans a 6-0 lead with a pin at 5:39. Hser Eh Pwae followed up at 113 pounds with a pin in 3:05 to bump the Trojan lead up to 12-0. Worthington's fast start continued at 120 pounds as Hser Moo...

The Heron Lake-Okabena Girls and Boys Basketball team will be holding fundraisers on February 13th and 14th

The Wildcat Girls and Boys basketball team have been raising money for former Southwest Star Concept student/athlete Tyler Leopold and his family. Tyler’s two-year-old daughter Elliana was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in September. She has been going through chemotherapy in Rochester and has a very successful surgery last week that removed 98% of her tumor.

All proceeds raised are going directly to the family to help pay for Elliana’s medical expenses.

It was National Signing Day for area athletes to sign Letters of Intent on Wednesday to continue their football career at the next level.

Worthington senior Trevor Wietzema has declared to play football at college for the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers in Mitchell (SD). Wietzema was named the MVP of the Trojan Football team this past season and was a Big South All-Conference Selection. He has also been an All-Conference selection in wrestling and honorable mention all-conference in baseball. Trevor Wietzema is the son of Troy and Angela Wietzema.

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has released their weekly Women's Basketball awards and this week's MCAC Southern Division Player of the Week is Minnesota West's Melissa Gehl

Gehl, a freshman from Fulda, scored 57 points in the Lady Jays 2 victories last week including a 31-point effort in Minnesota's West win over Western Tech on Saturday. In those 2 games, Gehl was 23-of-50 (46%) from the field and made 6 three-pointers.

On the season, Gehl is averaging 16.7 points per game and is #3 in the Southern Division in free throw percentage shooting an even 80% on the...

Iowa Lakes Head Softball Coach Corey Christopher has announced that 4 area athletes will play softball for Iowa Lakes

Tara Sudenga of Luverne, Minn., has signed a National Junior College Letter of Intent to play softball for the Lakers beginning this season.

Sudenga is a 2014 graduate of Luverne (Minn.) High School who was a standout softball player for the Cardinals. She was a four-year starting infielder who was twice selected to the All-Southwest Conference team. In both her junior and senior seasons she led the team in hits, runs, and RBIs. She finished her career as a...

The 55th annual Twins Winter Caravan will be making a stop in Worthington on January 20th.

The Twins Caravan will be making a stop at the Worthington Area YMCA and DeGroot Family Center on Collegeway in Worthington on January 20th from 9:00am-9:45am. Making a stop in Worthington this year is Twins Infielder Brian Dozier, Pitcher Brian Duensing and announcer Jack Morris and Dick Bremer alonf with T.C. Bear.